Video Artifacts

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	Title	Year
	Boys of the CCC      The work of the Civilian Conservation Corps ...	1930s
	Burial Mounds      Approximately 2,500 years ago Indian burial ...	Approximately 2,500 Years Ago
	Buxton: Racial harmony in an Iowa coal mining town      Buxton was a mining town in southern Iowa. ...	1900-1920
	Change in the Amana Society      During the 1920s and '30s the Amana people ...	1932
	Civil Rights Organizations      Elaine Graham Estes, longtime director of ...	1896-1922
	Civil War Battle in Iowa      Missouri rebels fought with Iowa Union troops ...	1861
	Civil War Battle Re-enacted      A re-enactment illustrates a diary description ...	1861-1865
	Civil War Begins      The election of Abraham Lincoln, who promised ...	1860
	Civil War Women      Half of Iowa's men went to battle during ...	1861-1865
	Civilian Conservation Corps      As part of President Roosevelt's New Deal ...	1929-1939
	Coal Mining Towns      Coal mines could be found in the south central ...	1840's
	Coal Workers Unionize      Poor pay, long hours and dangerous conditions ...	1890's
	Come to Iowa      Letters and publicity campaigns in the early ...	Early 1800's
	Conflict Between Cultures      From the 1670s to the 1870s European and ...	1670's-1870's
	Cutting Oats      Two farmers on tractor cut oats. The machine ...	Late 1930's to Early 1940's
	CY Stephens - Iowa Building of the 20th Century      C.Y. Stephens Auditorium in Ames has a unique ...	2000
	Czechoslovakians Come to Iowa      Czechoslovakians settled in eastern Iowa ...	1850's-present
	Dairy Farming Booms in Iowa      The dairy industry boomed in northeastern ...	1880's
	Davenport Germans Maintained Tradition      Many Germans who settled in the Davenport ...	1860's-present
	Definition of a Refugee      Former chief of the Bureau of Refugee Services ...	1975
	Desert Storm: One Woman’s Journal      Excerpts from the diary of Iowa Pfc. Mary ...	1990-91
	Diseases on the Frontier      In the 1800s sickness and death were common ...	1800's
	Dubuque Seeks Opportunity      A French-Canadian named Julien Dubuque reached ...	1780's
	Dutch Immigrate to Iowa      Dutch immigrants came to Iowa from Holland ...	1840's-present
	Early Airplanes      Iowans were among the first pilots to fly ...	Early 1900's